The effect of smoke, dust, and pollution aerosol on shallow cloud development over the Atlantic Ocean
Goddard Space Flight Center · Hebrew University of Jerusalem · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Clouds developing in a polluted environment tend to have more numerous but smaller droplets. This property may lead to suppression of precipitation and longer cloud lifetime. Absorption of incoming solar radiation by aerosols, however, can reduce the cloud cover. The net aerosol effect on clouds is currently the largest uncertainty in evaluating climate forcing. Using large statistics of 1-km resolution MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite data, we study the aerosol effect on shallow water clouds, separately in four regions of the Atlantic Ocean, for June through August 2002: marine aerosol (30 degrees S-20 degrees S), smoke (20 degrees S-5 degrees N), mineral dust (5 degrees N-25…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 26.72
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 49
Authors
5- YJYoram J. KaufmanCorresponding
Goddard Space Flight Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- IKIlan Koren
Goddard Space Flight Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- LAL. A. Remer
Goddard Space Flight Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- DRDaniel Rosenfeld
Goddard Space Flight Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- YRYinon Rudich
Goddard Space Flight Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Topics & keywords
- Aerosol
- Environmental science
- Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer
- Atmospheric sciences
- Angstrom exponent
- Mineral dust
- Radiative forcing
- Satellite
- Life below water